De Kuriositi Kabinet : April 1871

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KURIOSITI KABINET.

VOT. NU YORK, E’PRIL. 1871. NO. 8:

E’'NQUNT OR MODURN KOINZ,
Kontinyfid from Mare N6.

Ov 6l klasez ov koinz, ai urli Grik
ar ae most inturestin tu ae kolektur.
aé egzibit ae furst rid atemts at
koinej, and a grajfial imprivment un-
til ae taim ov ae Télemi’z, hwen koinz
wur isyid wia suc bfitiful dizainz aat
modurn art ¢6zn6 sfipirioriti. i vrli-
est koinz, or pisez ov stampt metal,
wur fsyfid baisum ov ae Grigun sitiz
about 2600 yirz agé. On wun said
woz ae pikcur oy an animal or sum
miaolojikal emblem, reprizentin ae sil
oy ae siti hwér ae koin woz struk,
on ai vaur said woz a rid punc mark,
similar in apirans tu ai ordineri kan-
selécun on a pdstej stamp hwér ae
toun iz not givn. Sum ov ae most
prominent emblemz wur: for Aaenz
an oul, Afgina a tortois, Bidcia a
cfld, korina a wind stid, Kalkis a lair.
Kirgej a hors and pim tri, Efesus a bi,
Metapontum an fr ov hwit, Mailftus a
laion, Féciaa sil, Sardis hed oy laion
and bul fésin , Tfos a grifin ets.

Koinz wor forst struk in géld, nekst
in silvur, and lastli in bras and kopur.

Ge rfid punc mark yfizd on ae rivurs
woz grajuali cénjd, nekst bai givin ai
emblem indented, until ae hed ov ae
rfilur or wunov aér dfitiz apirz on
won said, and ai emblem or lijend on
ai vaur, hwie haz kontinyfid tu bi ae
privélin méd until ae prezent dé,

Silvur koinz ov Aaenz and oy Alek-
zandur fr kwait plenti, vavur silvur
and géld Grik koinz dr raaurskérs, and
ae kopur koinz dr not nir az plentiful
az ae Réman koinz,

About 2100 yirz ago uaur nécunz
yizd koind muni, aéz ov Baktria had
ai 6ld I’'st Indian karakturz on wun
said and its translécun in Grik on ai

vaur, aus furnicin a kif tuae 6ld
Sanskrit leturz. qiz koinz arin a grét
méjur undisaifurd as wel as ai vurli
koinz ov Spén, hwic fr kdld Seltibi-
rian and hay ae Finicun karakturz.
About ais taim wor koind ai urli Jii¢
cekelz and koinz ov tin bai ae Britonz,
and bras muni ov kfrivs géps bai ai
Cainiz.

About 2300 yirz agé6 ae Rémanz
komenst tu koin muni, and for nfrlia
hundred yirz had 6nli lumps ov metal
wia ae dizain ov sum animal, wéin
from an ouns tu ten poundz, forst
skwér and aden round. (Ce létur wunz
had ae dubl hed oy Jénus wia ae prou
of a cip on ae rivurs,

About 260 yirz bifér our fra, ae siti
ov Rém icyid koinz ov silvur, and
siksti yirz létur ov gdld,-wia ae hed
ov wun ov aér dfitiz on ai obvurs, and
a cariot on ae rivurs. Aftur ais until
ae taim ov Ogustus, meni Réman fam-
iliz had ae privilej} ov koinin aér 6n
muni, From ae rénov Jfilyus Sizur
til cortli aftur aat ov Konstantain ae
grét, wi hav a plentiful and interestin
sfriz in 61 metalz, ov 61 ae difurent
Empervurz and meni ov ai Empresez
wia aér portréts, and evuri important
ivent woz noted in aér koinej. Koinz
ov Jiilyus Sizur ar skérs, aéz ov Ogus-
tus, Klddivs, Nir6, Vespé¢un, Domician
Tréjan, Hédrian, Antonainus, and es-
peculi ae aurd bras oy Konstantain and
ae létur empertrz ar veri komon.

Hwail wi wud févor ae kolekcun ov
éngunt koinz, az bfin ov grétur histor-
ikal valyi, wi wud not dvurluk ai
advantejes ov modurn koinz, hwic ren-
dur us familyur wia ae guvurnments,
muni, négunal armz and motdéz, and
giv us ae portréts ov mést ov ae rilurz
ov ae prezent dé,

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- Mexico, 1866, 7-25c. engraved

LIST OF STAMPS FOR APRIL.

new. used.
Alsace & Lorraine 2 centimes $ 03 $
io oe grey 05
green 08
brown 10
blue 15
brown 2%
Austria 1850-1-2-kreuzer
* 1856 Gazette s.amps 1-2 kr. sq. 06
Austrian [taly 1850 5-10 centes
Brazil 1844 10-30-60
oe 99
British Honduras 1 penny
Bolivia 5 centavos green
Bolivar10: «°°; red
Buenos Ayres 1859 1 peso blue
ae oe i! 6s red
Denmark 1866-70 2-skilling
e 1870 8

66 6s 4

a id 48

’ Finland 5 penni violet
_ France (Republic) 1870-1 green
ii}

2 centimes brown
“4 ~~ grey, 5 green
“ 10 brown, 1c. dark green
% 20 blue
s*. 80S brown
“« 40 orange
“80 = ‘rose
Greece, (Paris no fig. ) 1-2-5-20-40-80
Holland 1867 5-10 cents
=e 186-70 36-1
“ “ 11 9 91
H_ligoland 3¢ sch. green & rose
“ 1green & rose
“¢ set of 4
Italy 1857 1-2 centimes

Newfound.and 1857 1 penny red
ee 2 lake
8 green
1870 3 cents red
6 pink
Natal ‘Postage,’ 1d. red 3 varieties 10
New South Wales 1852 2 d. laureated
New Granada 1860 large fig. 10c. yellow 90
sy sf * 10 brown 90
“© small ** 5 blue 1 00
Kee 1 DROWN 1-25
6 ee ee 20 blue 1 50
ret of 8 Sobreporte 1866 5 00
Portugal 1870 5 reis black 02
“ 10 yellow 04
a6 25 Ted. 10
ss «550 green 20
Roumania newspaper band 13 yellow 05
Sandwich Is. white paper 1c. black 15
Bs “ 2Qpblue &2black 2
*% 1871 6c. green ‘Hono keneta”
St Helena 1 penny red unperf. 25
1 red cerf, 08
« 2 yellow 15
% 8 violet 20
St Lucia 1 penny red 15
% 1 black 03
Spain 5 reales 1850-51-52-53-54
“ 1870 25 mils. 08

RERNRSSSSRELRSES

We have had many calls lately for packet ‘‘O”
of our Timbrophilets, price 50 cts, which are an
invention of our own we have used almost en-
tirely for over five years, and found superior to
any other for moun ing stanps, either in collec-
tions or in books to selfrom. They consist of
small slips of paper, the upper half gummed on
one side, and the lower half on the other, and
should be pasted on the centr. of the place
where the stamp isto go. Stamps fastened in
this manner can be easily transferred or exam-
ined, or changed for better ones. Those who
have time can make their own;, none but the

_ purest gum and the finest foreign letter paper

should be used. We will send half a packet or
500 for 25cents, or samples on receipt of stamp.

We have just received from Europe a splendid
assortment of illuminated Crests, which come in
sheets of 12at 15c. per sheet, or the set of 25
all d'fferent, containing 8 sheets of Colleges, 4
of Ships, 1 Bishops, 2 Dukes, 4 Harls, 3 Lords
1 Artillery, 2 Regiments, 1 Traders, 2 Marugqises,
scounts, in 2ll 300 crests for $3 00.

We have obtained a few used copies of the new
Guatemala stamps, legend in oval, ‘‘Correos de
Guatemela”, arms on shield with sun and rays
above, value below, 10 centavos blue, 20 ro:e ;
also the new stamps of the Sandwich Islands,
head of Kammehameha IV, similar in appearance
to our three cent stamp, value ‘‘Hono Keneta”
or 6 cents green.

We have Dr. Gray’s I.lustrated catalogue of
postage stamps, fifth edition, the best guide
to collectors ever published, full of engravings
bord covers post paid for 5c.

To those croakers who think that the stimp
tra’eis dying out, we would state that th: fe-
ver in this city never was greater than it is this
spring.

LIST OF COINS FOR APRIL.

Geo. III. In?ian silver medal 1757 $5 00
Franklin sift sf fe 2090 2 00
Louis XIV & XVI crowns fine 2 00
Ferdinand VII siege dollar octagon 1868 5 00
Japanese itzebue silver 1 00
Oe ** (in copper) rare 2 00
Sst Silyon 50
* oblong brass coin 25
Washington 1790 Manly medal original fine 5 00
* Wright & Bale’s card no rey. 2 00
‘North Wales 39d. 4 00
1834 half eagle fine ” 00
1856 nickel uncirculated 1 50
1793 Libe: y c1p good 10 00
Rosa Americana 1d. crowned rose fine 10 00
it or ee 5 00
“ Ameri. farthing good 400 .
Tranklin press 4¥ penny fine 1 50

LIST OF COIN CATALOGUES.

We find that a great many coin collectors are
anxious to obtain priced catalogues of auctiou
sales as guides to the market value of coins. A
well known collector of this city has furnished
us with a list of his stock which is probably the
largest in the country, with prices at which we
can furnish them post paid. Named Catalogues
will cost about 34 more.

The following order is observed: 1 No. of days
sale, 2 day it commenced, 3 owners name, 4 loca-
tion, 5 auctioneers name or initials, 6 price of

clean catalogues, 7 priced.

1828.

1 2 8 4 5 erent |
2 June 12, BH Watkins, Salem JN $-. $-
1840.

1 June 22 Phila. M Thomas

1 Noy. 10 N Y. A Levy
1846.

2 Apr. 22 DB Warden, N Y. Hill 10
1848

1 Mar. 22 Jas. Thompson N Y.D& A

1 May 24 DE Groux, Boston, Leonard
1849,

1 Mar. 8 Robt. Gilmore, Balt. G & Co.

2 May 15 Judge Furman N Y.C&K 10
1851.

1 Feb. 20 Lewis Roper Phila. Thomas 8.

1 Apr. 22 D E-Groux. Boston, Leonard

1 Oct. 28 WN Y. Lyman & Co,
1852.
1 Mar. 23 NW Y. Lyman & R.
1 Ap. 28 Philip Hone ‘** Ludlow & Co.
1 Aug. 26 Boston Leonard
1 Oct. 14 J Doggett Jr. N Y. M Butler
1854.
1 Oct. 4 N. Y. Bangs Bros.
1855.
1 Apr. 24 D E Groux Boston
1 May 17 N Y. Leavitt D & Co.
6 °* 22 Ed.D Ingraham Phila. Tho..as
1 June6 Pet rFlandin N Y. Bangs 2. UY
2 ** 12 AC Kline Phila. Thomas 5. 6.
5 Nov. 5 HA Brady N Y. & addenda 10.
1856.
1 Feb. 15 N Y. Bangs Bro.
2 Apr. 1% LouisBorg “ Se
1 Sept. 16 Boston, Leonard & Co.
1 Oct. 17 N Y. Bangs Bros.
1853
Mar. 10 N Y. Leeds & Co.
Apr. 27 * Herts & Moss

1 May. 13 CBNorton“ Leeds &Co. 5.
1 Oct. 26 FH Norton‘ BM & Co. 2 3.

se sf addenda
Noy. 1 E Cogan Phila. letter biddings 1
1859.

1 Jan. 29 NY. Bangs Merwin & Co,
1 Feb. 8 H Pennington Phila. Thomas 5.

1 ee 10 66 id
6 ‘ 28Henry Bogert NY.BM &Co. 2. 314
1 Mar. 5 os © addenda 2.
2May. 4 WLBramhallNY.BM&Co. 1%
ghee ae addenda 2.

ss 14 Phila. Thomas

2 June %7JDFoskett N Y.BM 2,
ss “ addenda 1.
SO) Ss Ot dome Ourtie, No, Bae 2. 2
st 23 a addenda 3:
2 ao 24 Boston Leonard
1July 16 NY.BM
“ Q7 a“

De Oet.=.28 Phila. W C Tripler
2 Nov. 2 Henry WhitmoreNY. BM 2. 24

Dec. 8 Phila. Thomas
| Web 15 NY. BM 13 2.
2 Dec. 19d N T Levick Phila. W C. Cook 2. 2%
a “+ large paper 3.
1860.

1 Jan. 8 postponed 1 yr. Boston Leonard 2.
2 ‘* 18 Alfred Hewitt N.Y. BM 1% 2.

2 Feb 28 Edward Groh ae wn 2. 2
pee tt! addenda 2. 2.
Mar. <6 W L Bramhall N. Y. 2. 24
** 29 CH Morse Bost. Draper & Morse 3.
Apr. 4 oe os
2 “ 25 Ezra Hill N. Y. BM 2. 2
e233 a addenda 2:22:
2 May 21 Ed. Cogan Ph la, W C Cook 13g 2.
20 “« large paper 3.

2 * 2BJ Gallagher N. Y. BM 1%
te 5 Stevenson “ ‘* 14g
* 30 JK Wiggin, Boston, Leonard 2.
June 15 Ed. Cogan _—~Phila. 2
2 * 27 Boston Leonard 2.
2 ‘* 28 Jacob Glosser N Y. Leeds 3
seg MS addenda 4
2 July 11 C H Morse Boston Leonard 2:
1 ‘* 12 Jacob Glosser N. Y. BM a hae eg

cae 81 Boston Leonard

8 Sept. 12 N.Y. BM 1. 14

“~** 14 HG Dwenger * os - 2
Oct. 8Wm. E Burton, N Y. J Sabin 6.

sf ‘* large paper
se “ Shaksperiana 3.

2 ‘ 17CH Morse N. Y. BM 122

2 ‘ 18 Ed. Cogan Phila. W C Cook 1,
s--19 ee supplement 2.

22 S23 Boston Leonard 2.

Qe 204 Wd Kein NY.BM 1. 14

2 Nov. 21 Prime & Haines “* 14 2,

1 * 23d5K Curtis s6 14 2.

2Dec. 13 oe a : 13g 2.

1 T7 15 es

Qs 17 CH Morse 2:

1861.

2 Jan. 8 Boston Leonarl 1%
* 9 AS Robinson “ Mi

Feats ease) * NY.BM &Co. 2;

ost 329 “addenda ‘ 2.

1 Feb.5 WELamb Boston Leonard i114

2 Mar.? Wm King NY.M &Co. 1.

2 et 21 “se ii} 1

2 Apr. 16 AS Robinson Boston Leonard 13¢
ideas Wy ss addenda ‘“

2 ‘* 29 Jos. W Wildey N Y.BM & Co. 2
s* 30 os addenda No. 1 5 Fe
oe se “ mss. “ “sc 2 se

2°May 29 AS Robinson N-Y. BM & Co. 1.

2June3 C Piazza sf Ay 14

1 July 29 DE Groux Phila. J A Freeman 4.
Oo om
Money sent by P. O. Order or registered letter
only is at our risk.

OL. 394.68

NOTICES OF COIN SALES.

At the Packer sale of coins March 8d. 1871 the
following comprise the principal bids:

American dollars: 1794 faint $24; 1851-52
proofs each $30; Half d lars: 1794 ordinary $5
1796 rubbed $15; 1797 do. $14; Dimes: 1797 18;
stars $7 50; 179716 stars $5; 1800 $5 50; Half
dimes: 1794 very fine $8 50; 1797 16 stars $5 25;
Proof sets: 1854-55-56 each $21; 1857 $15; 1858
$18 50; 1838 proof dollar $32; 1539 do. $23; 1869
set of pattern silver $15.

Engiish silver: Richard TIT groat fine $4; Ed-
ward VI. crown fine $7; Elizabeth do. $8 50;
do. 3g crown $5; Charles I. pound piece, good
$31; do. 3g pound piece tair $7; do. 3g pound,
variety tine $15; Siege pieces about $1 50 each;
Cummonwealth crown, fine $13; Cromwell do.
$22 ; do. 4 crown $9; do. shi-ling $7; crowns in
fine condition of James U., William & Mary,
Anne, George I. II. Ill. IV. about $4 each;
William IV. proof do. $33; Victoria, proof set
of 1847 $15; Scotch dollar of queen Mary $10.

English gold: Edward III. noble $8 50; IV.
do.*$9 50; James I. pound 47; Charles I. do.
$10 50; Commonwealth do. $18; Wm. & Mary
set of 5&2 pounds, guinea & 3g do. $77 50;
George II. double guinea $16.

French silver: Louis XIII. crown $7; Louis
XIV. do. $4; Louis XV. do. fine $7 50; Bona-
parte as consul, 5 francs $7 ; as emperor do. $1812
$6; 1813 $8; 1815 $7 50; Louis XVII do.$7;
Louis Napoleon do. $5 50.

U. S. Gold: Eagles; 1795 very fine $19 50;
1796 do. small e. gle $22; 1797 large eagle $18;
others about $12; Half eagles: 1795 $7 50: 1796
smail eagle $9; 1797 small eagle $23; large eagle
$14; others about $7; Quarter eagle,; 1796 no
stars $10 50; do. with stars $9; from 1802 to
1829 averaged $6; from 18380 to 1834 $3 50.

The foreign silver coins and medals averaged
about double face value, some of them selling
for less than value. The gold averaged abvut 50
per cent premium.

Washington pieces: 1792 cent $85; bought
upon order by Mr. Mason, who said he had a
telegram to go as highas $150; 1%57% masonic
medal poor, $23; 1792 Hulf dollar fair $40; Dec-
laration medal 1776 $17; Eccleston do. $8; Vol-
taire do. $17; Colonials &c. N. E. shilling $21;
6 pence $40; Pine tree shilling 1650 $50; those
of 1652 from $3; to $8; six pence $5 50; Lord
Baltimore shilling $17 50; six pence $19; groat
$8 50; Stand_sh Barry three pence poor $12 50;
1694 Carolina Elephant $23 50; Annapolis six
pence $16; Rosa Americanas from $1; to $5;
New Jersey cent of 1787, large nobs on plough,
uneirculated $6; medal of Wm. Penn 1681 $25.

Greek silver: Tetradrachms; fine ones of
Alexander averaged $7; Alexander Ballas $16;
Antiochus IIL. $6 50; do. IV. $15 50; do. $10,
87; do. V. $8; do. VII. $9; do. VILL. $10; do.

$6 50; do. XIV. $18; Arsaces $5; Agathocles.

$7; Demetrius $10 50; do. $5; do. $10; Ptole-
ny Soter $18 50; Phileterus $11; Philip Il. $6;
Aegina, early with punch mark $18; fine ones
of Athens averaged $5; Acanthus $5 50; Mace-
donia $10 50; Rhodes $10 50; Samos $11; Side
$10; Tarogra $11; others from $4 to $7; Didra-

chms: Caulonia $9; Thurim $10 50; others from
$2; to $5; Drachms: Argos $6; others from
$i; to $8 50; a double stater of electrum or
8-5 gold of Panormus $11; Greek copper coins
brought from 25c. to $4; 16 old Asamese rupees
with translations $2 each; Roman es, weight
9 oz. $10; Julius Cesar denarius fine $5 25;
Tiberius do. $4; Roman gold coins averaged $8;
silver denarii averaged 60c.

U.S. Cents: 1793 fine $18; 1795 uncirculated..
$30; 1796 fillet do. $26; 1797 do. $12; 1799 worn
$9; 1803 uncirculated $18; 1804 fine $21; 1808
very fine $34; 1809 do. $25; 1810 do. $8; 1814 do.
$5; 1821 do. $11; 1824 do. $7; 1825 do. $13;
Half cents; 1793 fine $15; 1795 do. thick die
$20; 1881 proof $10 '75; 1886 proof $19; 1841 do,
$9 50; 1848 do. $10 50; 1853 $7.

The total proceeds wcre $5580.

The collection of coins to be sold by Bangs
Merwin & Co. Apr. 3d. 4th. & 5th. contains a fine
lot of ancient Roman and British coins as well
as Foreign silver and medals.

A small lot of dealers refuse stock from Phila-
delphia will be sold by Bangs Merwin & Co.,
April 8th., and probably another saie from the
same quarter during the month.

We given arly a complete list of coin cata-
logues this No.. which collectors will find a use-
ful guide, and will occupy about five columns.

We would give a list of newly issue. stamps
this month, but they are nearly all humbugs,
nd we wait till next month hoping to have some

government issues to mix with them.
—_———__“2s-e oa
A few months ag) we understand $3 000 000.
in Confederate bills were sold for about $80. at
auction in South Carolina. We have lately ob-
tained part of them, which we offer ali in good
condition at the following low rates:
$500. engraved by Keatinge & Ball 1864 §$ 50
100. centre piece laborers 1862 25
‘¢ train of cars fs 15
female head 1834. 15
head of Davis ae 10
capitol ie 10
artillery Hy 05
state house re 05
female warriors 1862 15
large figure 2 1864 20
steamer 1862 15
value in green letters ‘* 25
head of Fitx Hugh Lee1864 15
s a Davis ‘* 10
We shall be glad to buy or exchange for any
of which we have not a supply, also for all the
fractional currency both Northern and Southern,

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